The Guardian's Comment is Free has plumbed new depths with an article by some bloke called James Hannam on the conflict between science and religion. Apparently, Hannam thinks the conflict is a myth, but luckily plenty of better-informed commentators are on hand to set him straight.
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
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Some of those comments are just too painful to read.
"Some of those comments are just too painful to read."
I'm afraid to look.
This Hannam guy obviously has done no research about the history of science.
I think you'll find it's James Hallam
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/notesarchive.php?id=2798
James, I have to agree with 'Butterflies and Wheels', because the real question of conflict is largely to do with method and the ethics of belief. Accommodation at the level of content is fairly straightforward. The real question is whether theology is a legitimate source of knowledge, or whether we should only trust empirical science to deliver true knowledge of the world. I'm examining these issues in a two-part series, the first of which is up here:
http://christiancadre.blogspot.com/2009/06/conflict-in-science-and-theology.html
Well, the comments at B&W have not quite reached the low point of "Comment is Free"....
....but they're trying, oh yes.
The comments are either highly amusing or depressing. I chose to be amused.
"BristolBoy, it seems I may have read a great deal more Greek ethics than you have." Smack-down!
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/a-defense-of-accommodationism-and-another-misunderstanding/#comments
Denounced by Jerry Coyne and P Z Myers. Not bad!.
Wow, the P.Z.Myers-groupies are out against this Hannam-guy. He's probably going to get his ass kicked because there's no way he could know more about the history of science than P.Z.Myers-fans.
Your article has also got a thread at RichardDawkins.net. Luckily a kindly atheist has managed to head the anti-theist fanatics and fundies off at the pass:
http://www.richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=84983
Thanks for fabulous
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